…from the Perspectives’ Happy Hour Bar![]() ow you doin’? My elegant Sake Lychee Martini is truly one of the most refreshing, simple and impressive signature cocktails for any party, or romantic date night. It is an Asian-inspired cocktail that combines gin, vodka and sake with lychee liqueur and/or syrup from canned lychees. This elegant drink features the unique floral sweetness of lychee fruit balanced with the clean profile of the base spirits. It is typically served in a chilled martini glass and garnished with a fresh or canned lychee. This precious cocktail will easily become a fast favorite with martini drinkers. Sake, also referred to as Japanese rice wine, is an alcoholic beverage of Japanese origin made by fermenting rice that has had the bran removed. Despite the name Japanese rice wine, sake, and indeed any East Asian rice wine is produced by a brewing process more akin to that of beer, where starch is converted into sugars that ferment into alcohol. Unlike sake, wine, is produced by fermenting sugar that is naturally present in fruit, typically grapes. In Japan, where sake is the national beverage, it is often served in a special sake ceremony, where it is gently warmed in a small earthenware or porcelain bottle and sipped from a small porcelain cup. As with wine, the recommended serving temperature of sakes varies greatly. Prep time: 5 minutes Yield: 1 cocktail Ingredients 1-1⁄2 ounces sake 1⁄2 ounce gin (I prefer Hendrick’s) 1⁄2 ounce vodka 1⁄2 ounce Kwai Feh lychee liqueur Dash fine kosher salt 1 or 2 skewered lychees Directions
ChefSecret: While it is common to see sake served warm, personally, I prefer to sip fine sake chilled. Quip of the Day: The cocktail was feeling down and out because it wasn’t very popular. Then it was introduced to gin and its spirits were lifted. ------------------------------------------- Do you have a question or comment? Send your thoughts to [email protected]. All recipes and cooking tips are posted on our website https://www.perspectives-la.com/perspectives-on-food. ------------------------------------------- To you and everyone dear to you, be strong, positive, stay well, stay safe and be kind. Take a breath and count your blessings, and if you have a little extra to share with others, please consider donating to Feeding America, Tunnel to Towers, Union Rescue Mission and/or American Red Cross. #Cocktail #SakeLycheeMartini #Sake #Vodka #Gin #Lychee #HappyHour2025 #Cheers #Recipes2025 #URM #T2T #FeedingAmerica #RedCross #SamaritansPurse #PerspectivesTheConsultingGroup ©PERSPECTIVES/The Consulting Group, LLC, 2025
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